Progress Quotes

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To decide upon the answer is not scientific. In order to make progress, one must leave the door to the unknown ajar ajar only. — Richard P. Feynman
In the case of various kinds of knowledge, we find that what in former days occupied the energies of men of mature mental ability sinks… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
This desire of knowledge and the wonder which it hopes to satisfy are the driving power behind all the changes that we, with careless, question-begging… — Nicholas Murray Butler
Patience is a virtue, but there comes a moment when you must stop being patient and take the day by the throat and shake it.… — Laurell K. Hamilton
What blinds us, or makes historical progress very difficult, is our lack of awareness that our beliefs have grown obsolete and should be put aside....… — Terence McKenna
Truth is new, as well as old. It has new forms; and where you may find a new statement, an earnest statement, you may conclude… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Religions often partake of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future. — Frank Herbert
The Holy Bible is like a mirror before our mind's eye. In it we see our inner face. From the Scriptures we can learn our… — Pope Gregory I
To know that you do not know and to be willing to admit that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is real strength and… — Epictetus
Willpower should be understood to be the strength of the mind, which makes it capable of meeting success or failure with equanimity. Â It is… — Ramana Maharshi
Say I have set my goal at 300 pounds, and I cannot do it. The very fact that I have been devotedly practising and practising… — Sri Chinmoy
Progress imposes not only new possibilities for the future but new restrictions. — Norbert Wiener
Progress imposes not only new possibilities for the future but new restrictions. It seems almost as if progress itself and our fight against the increase… — Norbert Wiener
There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years.… — Jay Rockefeller
When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck; when you invent the plane you also invent the plane crash; and when you invent… — Paul Virilio
Philosophy makes progress not by becoming more rigorous but by becoming more imaginative. — Richard Rorty
The Christian life is very much like climbing a hill of ice. You cannot slide up. You have to cut every step with an ice… — Charles Spurgeon
If a person professes faith in Christ and yet falls away or makes no progress in godliness, it does not mean that he has lost… — Paul Washer
Remember when you got into the word and it wasnâ€™t because you had a sermon to prepare or you needed to learn some things or… — Paul Washer
Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery. — Fannie Farmer

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